Hat bow



0. REGEN Oct. 4, 1938.

HAT BOW Filed March 28, 1956 INVENTOR. I OSCAR EEGE/V ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 4, 1938 PATENT OFFICE HAT BOW Oscar Regen, New. York, N. Y.

Application March 28,

6 Claims.

the seam or by applying adhesive behind the seam, after which an ornament, such as a bow tassel is applied, by a separate operation, to the junction point where the seam intersects the free inner margin of the leather.

An object of the present invention is to save one step in the above operation by the provision ofa bow, tassel, or other ornamental device with a flexible stretch of material comprising a cord, or pair of cords, a ribbon or braid, which constitutes a pre-formed, unitary article of manufacture that can be applied as such to the seam of the sweat leather by laying the flexible stretch of material along the seam so that when the seam is sewed the stitching secures to the abutting' edges of the leather the stretch of cord, ribbon or braid, in such fashion that it will either overlie the adjacent margins of the abutting edges or will lie in the plane of the joint therebetween.

In either event the cord, ribbon or braid ornaments the junction. Many dilferent styles of 0 bows or tassels may be used, the invention not being limited in this respect.

A cognate object of the invention is to provide for the preformation of the article by so tying the bow over the stretcher cord, ribbon or braid that the sewing operation-which is required in fixing the cord to the seam will serve to secure the bow to the leather.

It will be understood by those skilled in the.

art that inasmuch as it is the province of the -hat manufacturer to join into circular bands the leathersweats which he has bought in the form of strips that have been cut, and then to stitch each circular band into its hat, the present in- 1936, Serial No. 71,398 (01. 2 -181) parts throughout the several drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective elevation looking into a hat toward the rear seam' of a leathersweat in the construction of which the present inven- 5 tion has been embodied; I

Fig.2 is a fragmentary, detail view on an enlarged scale of the seam shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in horizontal, transverse section, on a still larger scale, taken on the line 3-3 10 of Fig. 2; V

Fig. 4 is a detail view in vertical sectional elevation, illustrating a modification to be described. V

Fig. 5 isa view, similar to Fig. 3, of another modification.

In a now-preferred embodiment of the invention, selected for illustration, the part designated by the reference character H is a hat, of which I2 is the leathersweat having a seam l3 "surmounted by a bow or ornament M at the intersection between the seam and the free margin of the sweat.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the margins l5 and I6 of the leather l2 have their edges brought together, as at H (see Fig. 3) in abutting rela tion, to form the upright seam requisite to give the leather the form or a circular band, preparatory to stitchingit into the hat, as indicated at l8.

As hereinbefore noted briefly it is the province of the hat manufacturer to perform the step of so uniting the edges of the margins, then applying separately a bow or ornament, as [4, and then stitching the circular band into the hat.

If the joint I! is secured by a row of stitches, this is usually accomplished by an operation sepa-' rate from that of attaching the bow M.

In contradistinction to this practice, the present invention provides a bow I4, (which may in general structure be of the usual form) with a novel attachment I94 comprising a stretch of flexible material, such as cord, ribbon or braid, which is adapted and int-endedto be secured by a row of stitches 20, of any suitable character, in such fashion as to constitute an ornamental finish for the seam l1, and to that end it may be disposed to overlie the seam, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 most clearly, or it may be disposed in the plane of the joint, between the adjacent edges of the marginal portions I51: and lfiw, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing, where the stretch of cord is designated 211:, 22.10 and the stitches 2050.

In pursuance of the invention, the stretch l9 views composing the of ornamental cord, ribbon, braid, or any suitable material, is secured to the bow I4 in order to constitute the bow and stretch a unitary structure, forming an article of manufacture which can be sold in quantities to makers of hats, ready for application to individual leathers at the time they are formed into the circular form preparatory to being stitched into the hat. as already indicated.

- Preferably the stretch I9 will be made .double, having elements 2 I, 22 with a loop 23 in the bight of which can be tied the strip of which the bow I4 is made up, and thus when the usual tying of the bow is performed to fix the bow in final form, this operation will serve at the same time to secure the cord to the bow, at the region of the loop 23.

In practice, it has not been found necessary to secure the elements 2 I, 22 together before applying the combined bow I4 and ornamental cord I9 to the leather, as the sewing machine operator can readily lay the elements side by side during the operation of stitching.

The effect produced is very ornamental and can be varied indefinitely by choosing materials of diiferent colors, twist, etc. for the cord I9, and by using thread for the stitching 20 which is of contrasting color tothat ofthe elements 2!, 22. The ornamental effect can be varied still further by the substitution, at I4, for the bow shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of a tassel or the like, as that illustrated at 24 in Fig. 4,-either with or without a bow element, such as that shown at I4 in Fig. 4.

In this figure a single cord, ribbon or braid I9 is illustrated, instead of the pair shown at 2!, 22 in Fig. 2, but it will be understood that. the structure of the seam will be similarto that shown in Figs. 1 to 3, and already described, with such variations as may appeal to the individual manufacturer, or may be desirable withdiiferent forms of joints. I

I have described what I believe to be the best embodiments of my invention. I do not wish, however, to 'be confined to the embodiments shown, but what I desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim: j a

.1. The combination witha sweat band for a hat formed of strip material having its end edges joined in a seam, of a finish elementpreformed with an ornamental stretch of stranded flexible material extended along saidseam and secured to the adjacent margins of the seam by stitching extended along said seamand embracing said stretch throughout the mutually extending length of said edges and the stretch of ornamental stranded flexible material.

2. The combination witha sweat band for a hat formed of strip material having its end edges joined in a seam, of a bow, and an ornamental stretch of flexible stranded material associated with said seam, and secured to the adjacent margins of the edges by stitching uniting said stretch with said edges, throughout their mutually extending length said ornamental stretch overlying said margins.

3. The combination with a sweat band formed of strip material having its end edges joined in a seam, of a finish element and an ornamental stretch of flexible stranded material, associated with said seam, and secured to the adjacent margins of the edges by stitching uniting said edges, said ornamental stretch of stranded material lying in the plane of the seam, between the adjacent end edges of the band. 4. The combination with a sweat band formed of strip material having its end edges joined in a seam, of a bow, and an ornamental stretch of cord, associated with said seam, throughout its length and secured to the adjacent margins of the edges by a row of transverse stitches uniting said edges, and embracing said stretch of cord, said stretch comprising a plurality of cord elements respectively overlying the band material side by side along said seam and concealing the latter.

5. As a new article of manufacture; a preformed ornament for the sweat band of a hat; said ornament comprising in a unitary structure, adapted to be sold as such, for application to the sweat band, the combination of a finish element and a stretch of ornamental stranded material conjoined permanently therewith; said finish element and flexible strand constituting together a complete entity adapted to be associatedat will with the conventional seam joining the adjacent ends of the sweat band, by being extended along said seam and secured to the margins of said adjacent end edges by a row of stitches spanning said edges and embracing said stretch of flexible strand, throughout the length of said seam, said finish element consists of a bow having a knot with a strand interlooped with a loop of said flexible strand.

6. As a new article of manufacture; a preformed ornament for the sweat band of a hat; said ornament comprising in a unitary structure, adapted to be sold as such, for application to the sweat band, the combination of a finish element and a stretch of ornamental stranded material conjoined permanently therewith; said finish element and flexible strand constituting together a complete entity adapted to be associated at will with the conventional seam joining the adjacent ends of the sweat band, by being extended along said seam and secured to the margins of said adjacent end edges by a row of stitches spanning said edges and embracing said stretch of flexible strand, throughout the length of said seam, the ornamental stretch formed with a loop in the bight of which the strip component of said bow is tied, and the stretch having a plurality of strands extending from said loop.

OSCAR REGEN. 

